16 CFR § 700.2 - Date of manufacture.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t16/s700.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "16 CFR § 700.2 - Date of manufacture."
title_number: 16
title_name: "Commercial Practices"
section_number: "700.2"
section_name: "Date of manufacture."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "RULES, REGULATIONS, STATEMENTS AND INTERPRETATIONS UNDER THE MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY ACT"
part_number: "700"
part_name: "INTERPRETATIONS OF MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, Pub. L. 93-637, 15 U.S.C. 2301."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 36114, July 13, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "700"
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# 700.2 Date of manufacture.
Section 112 of the Act, 15 U.S.C. 2312, provides that the Act shall apply only to those consumer products manufactured after July 4, 1975. When a consumer purchases repair of a consumer product the date of manufacture of any replacement parts used is the measuring date for determining coverage under the Act. The date of manufacture of the consumer product being repaired is in this instance not relevant. Where a consumer purchases or obtains on an exchange basis a rebuilt consumer product, the date that the rebuilding process is completed determines the Act's applicability.
[42 FR 36114, July 13, 1977; 42 FR 38341, July 28, 1977, as amended at 80 FR 42721, July 20, 2015]